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. >> a suburban swimming pool, that was tom brokaw and then david brinkley announcing ronald reagan's landslide election when we called republicans blue. >>> there's a new ebook coming out with video going back to 1940. we'll have that on tonight. >>> let me finish with this campaign that's really starting to smell. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ke longer. i'm done! [ chuckles ] sweet [ female announcer ] swiffer's wet mopping cloths can clean better than mops in half the time swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." in the closing days of the campaign, the two candidates for president are pursuing very different strategies. on the one hand president obama has gone on a virtual media blitz speaking to various radio shows, "rolling stone" magazine, as well as tv interviews with seven affiliates just today and sit-downs with jay leno, brian williams, and mtv. which he is doing today as well. in contrast, the romney campaign says the candidate has no plans for anyitional interviews before the election. he will apparently st
. >> a suburban swimming pool, that was tom brokaw and then david brinkley announcing ronald reagan's landslide election when we called republicans blue. >>> there's a new ebook coming out with video going back to 1940. we'll have that on tonight. >>> let me finish with this campaign that's really starting to smell. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ke longer. i'm done! [ chuckles ] sweet [ female announcer ] swiffer's wet mopping cloths can clean...
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he's been taking a lot of pages from ronald reagan. remember when reagan would walk in and he couldn't hear, would have to cup his ear and wouldn't have to answer questions. in the third debate we saw a lot of reagan in mitt romney in the sense of talking about peace and being genial. this is a candidate now who realizes if he gets loose on a talk show, they're going to ask him about his taxes, they're going to ask him about bain capital, and those issues have somehow died. you don't hear the press talking about it much. so i think they see it's just a sea filled with land mines if romney gets out there and tries to freelance q & as. >> thank you, douglas, great historian. thank you, joan walsh, a great colleague here. >>> how long would it take to you watch all the ads the obama and romney campaigns have run? just in ohio alone? this is "hardball," the place for politics. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep
he's been taking a lot of pages from ronald reagan. remember when reagan would walk in and he couldn't hear, would have to cup his ear and wouldn't have to answer questions. in the third debate we saw a lot of reagan in mitt romney in the sense of talking about peace and being genial. this is a candidate now who realizes if he gets loose on a talk show, they're going to ask him about his taxes, they're going to ask him about bain capital, and those issues have somehow died. you don't hear the...
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reagan the name national airport in washington after ronald reagan he was turned into this kind of iconic figure this hero and it was very important for the republicans that in effect they wanted their version of john kennedy and they use ronald reagan to sort of build their own fire brand if you will so i think that was that was a factor that people came away and conventional wisdom was that ronald reagan was a nice guy trying to do the right thing. the evidence may not match that but that's the that's the sort of the hangover of this period that's what people think that's the conventional wisdom so i think given that there's been a desire to sort of show his side some of the unpleasant history about ronald reagan and just look at the good side. very interesting robert thank you so much for coming on the show that was of robert parry investigative journalist for consorting animals dot com. also ahead of our tale what strippers tampa and mitt romney happened comment i'll tell you in a moment. the talk of american power continues. things are so bad. might actually be time revolution. and i
reagan the name national airport in washington after ronald reagan he was turned into this kind of iconic figure this hero and it was very important for the republicans that in effect they wanted their version of john kennedy and they use ronald reagan to sort of build their own fire brand if you will so i think that was that was a factor that people came away and conventional wisdom was that ronald reagan was a nice guy trying to do the right thing. the evidence may not match that but that's...
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the powerful image of sarah palin being karate chopped by ronald reagan's ghost. >> i would say when i created this she was being saluted by him. >> saluted by his ghost, not karate chopped? that's much more sensible. infiltrating the target is one thing. she now had to embark on the long journey back to the safety of her base camp. afterwards the concern is how sarah palin will get from 30 rock back to the fox news building. it's a perilous journey that may take her as much... actually, we're already... that's it, it's right there. holy (bleep) that's (bleep)ing close. palin struck a blow against the all-powerful liberal media. but the war was far from won. do you think we'll ever see the day where there will be a conservative media? >> no. >> really. even a domineering media organization literally a block and a half from here? >> never. >> it will never happen, will it? >> never. >> it will never happen. >> but sarah palin will continue to fight the good fight-- one awkward tori spelling cooking segment at a time. (cheers and (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back. last week w
the powerful image of sarah palin being karate chopped by ronald reagan's ghost. >> i would say when i created this she was being saluted by him. >> saluted by his ghost, not karate chopped? that's much more sensible. infiltrating the target is one thing. she now had to embark on the long journey back to the safety of her base camp. afterwards the concern is how sarah palin will get from 30 rock back to the fox news building. it's a perilous journey that may take her as much......
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it was ronald reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. we don't pass it to our children in the bloodstream, and there is only one man in this race who has really ever fought for you, and that's senator john mccain. chris: wow. that's the prep in the movie. now watch the actual debate as it happened. >> it was ronald reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. we don't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. we will fight for it. and there is only one man in this race who has really ever fought for you, and that's senator john mack contain. chris: john, i love that movie. >> that means more to me than anything in the world. chris: if anybody doesn't watch this movie you're crazy. it's wonderful. julianne moore is sarah palin and woody harrelson is the role of the century. when we come back, four years after sarah palin and hillary clinton, of course, republicans are infuriating women out there. no wonder women wonder, what gives with these guys? plus, scoops and predictions. be right back. chris: we
it was ronald reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. we don't pass it to our children in the bloodstream, and there is only one man in this race who has really ever fought for you, and that's senator john mccain. chris: wow. that's the prep in the movie. now watch the actual debate as it happened. >> it was ronald reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. we don't pass it to our children in the bloodstream....
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but i don't know that anybody ever said ronald reagan was a terrorist or george w. bush was a terrorist, right? i mean, that's where this is not just a slight difference. it's a huge difference, the level of attacks we've seen against president obama. >> but part of that criticism, this goes to another narrative, is that he's isolated, and many in him call him arrogant. address those allegations because it is out there. >> i don't see -- isolated i've heard. i guess i've heard arrogance. and i'm there almost every day. i do think they're more isolated than our reporters like. the access is not always easy with the president certainly or his top officials. and i hear that explained a lot in the white house press corps. and i think the president himself, he's not a glad hander. he's not around washington going to all the parties. he has a very tight circle of friends. a lot of them chicago based. and i think that has hurt him in a way that he hasn't built as many friends as he could here in washington who could help him further his agenagenda. i think that's a legitim
but i don't know that anybody ever said ronald reagan was a terrorist or george w. bush was a terrorist, right? i mean, that's where this is not just a slight difference. it's a huge difference, the level of attacks we've seen against president obama. >> but part of that criticism, this goes to another narrative, is that he's isolated, and many in him call him arrogant. address those allegations because it is out there. >> i don't see -- isolated i've heard. i guess i've heard...
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but i thought we were past the ronald reagan stuff. ronald reagan son endorsed newt, and nancy reagan said we are handing off the mantle from reagan to newt. and let's put that aside for a minute. here is the underlying issue. our country is in deep trouble. this is where i am coming from. our country is possibly on the brink. we have to make basic divisions. our economy stopped, and for all practical purposes i think the fed indicated they expected that to happen in the foreseeable future with the interest rate statementhat they made the other day. we're in serious trouble. we have a president that is out there now trying to divide the american people and mislead the american people, saying good news, we are importing less oil than before, and it's because of the obama recession that we're importing less oil. that's like congratulating a sick person for losing weight. we have to have somebody who is tough who can challenge obama on the policies but the under pendings of the policies. we don't need a data processor, but we need somebod
but i thought we were past the ronald reagan stuff. ronald reagan son endorsed newt, and nancy reagan said we are handing off the mantle from reagan to newt. and let's put that aside for a minute. here is the underlying issue. our country is in deep trouble. this is where i am coming from. our country is possibly on the brink. we have to make basic divisions. our economy stopped, and for all practical purposes i think the fed indicated they expected that to happen in the foreseeable future with...
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i think they want to see a big solution, ronald reagan-style visionary candidate. >> okay. a lot of donors under $250 and one way above $250. rick, give me a scenario that's good for your candidate? how does it work well for him from now until tampa and on to november? what's a good scenario for newt gingrich to come out a winner in this whole process? >> well, the best scenario obviously is that he wins alabama and mississippi. then he gains some momentum from there. as rick santorum -- you can look up his record, but he's not a conservative. i think he gains momentum from there. by the way, the romney campaign has put out all this math where it's impossible for rick santorum or newt gingrich to reach the delegates he's now claiming for himself. while i'll admit it may be improbable, it is also equally improbable, if not impossible, that mitt romney actually gets to the convention with the right number of delegates. if newt gingrich were to drop out and leave the voters with no conservative choice at all, mitt romney would crush rick santorum and he would be our nominee. >
i think they want to see a big solution, ronald reagan-style visionary candidate. >> okay. a lot of donors under $250 and one way above $250. rick, give me a scenario that's good for your candidate? how does it work well for him from now until tampa and on to november? what's a good scenario for newt gingrich to come out a winner in this whole process? >> well, the best scenario obviously is that he wins alabama and mississippi. then he gains some momentum from there. as rick...
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let's listen. >> we're going to call another state for ronald reagan. not surprisingly, it's a big one. california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. and we fill in that big chunk of the map once again with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westerly. >> it's getting to look like a suburban swimming pool there. >> steve, i love that stuff. tell me about something i did not know until i got your book today. why did democrats get stuck with blue? blue is a pretty good color. back in the cold war i wouldn't want to be the red state if you were a democrat. >> that could have been one reason it changed. the electoral map was created at nbc in 1976 by john chancellor, an exec be tif named gordon manning. they wanted to make it more visual and make it not just about the numbers. when they picked the colors, they wanted to go by the rosettes that the british party used and so they went red for the democrats making it sync up with the labor party and blue fo
let's listen. >> we're going to call another state for ronald reagan. not surprisingly, it's a big one. california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. and we fill in that big chunk of the map once again with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westerly. >> it's getting to look like a suburban swimming pool there. >> steve, i love that stuff. tell me about something i did not...
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and it has not gone for a republican since ronald reagan, so nearly 30 years ago. but she also said yes, you can see the latest polls showing that the president is ahead. our cnn polls have him up 52% to romney's 43%. but sake said they will treat wisconsin like any battleground state, which is they will act like they're five points behind. >> all right, what is the expected message from the president today? >> well, the day will be all about energizing the supporters. when we got here today there were people lined up. it is also, they expect him to touch on the early voting. it is not expected to start in wisconsin until october 22rd, and absentee voting has already started, idaho, south dakota, by some estimates by election day 40% of voters may have already cast their ballots. so this is something we're hearing the president and surrogates stress a lot, along with registered voters, making sure they're registered, walking up and down with clip boards, energizing the base and making sure they get out and vote. >> and does the president and the team have high expe
and it has not gone for a republican since ronald reagan, so nearly 30 years ago. but she also said yes, you can see the latest polls showing that the president is ahead. our cnn polls have him up 52% to romney's 43%. but sake said they will treat wisconsin like any battleground state, which is they will act like they're five points behind. >> all right, what is the expected message from the president today? >> well, the day will be all about energizing the supporters. when we got...
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there was ronald reagan's defense way of bringing people to his perspective. please don't go in there and think about the most incendiary issue that the nation is thoroughly split on and use that issue as your core issue to try to bring people to conservatism. i would talk about free market economics. this is one argument i would start with how ronald reagan when he became president by the way how he lowered that highest income tax brackett from 70%, it was 70%. he has the right to 40% and that is only the beginning. 70%, ronald reagan was able to lower it to 28%. and the left would say my god the government isn't going to have any revenue what are you going to do about the deficit? income due to the federal government the revenue to the federal government doubled to redoubled for that income tax bracket. it works. why did have an? because of course more people are free to try to achieve prosperity. more to the private sector for businesses to grow and expand into businesses were in courage. regulations were rolled back and so prosperity encourage and in sood
there was ronald reagan's defense way of bringing people to his perspective. please don't go in there and think about the most incendiary issue that the nation is thoroughly split on and use that issue as your core issue to try to bring people to conservatism. i would talk about free market economics. this is one argument i would start with how ronald reagan when he became president by the way how he lowered that highest income tax brackett from 70%, it was 70%. he has the right to 40% and that...
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in ronald reagan went all the way to kansas city against ford, and ronald reagan ran again in 1980 and he was the conservative champion. he is partially right, but santorum and the people around the country have a right in may for kentucky, arkansas, or west virginia, there are still people in the process that still want to vote. we're not sure we are for romney, gingrich, or san tomorrow, and we have the right to vote. >> if santorum is successful, how does he go out after pennsylvania when there are a host of states where probably he would win. if you don't get out soon, it's another full month or two that this goes on. >> i think you're right about that. i think if you won pennsylvania, i don't think it would make that big of a deal because of the points you raised. and it is his home state, but i think he would be encouraged, and if he wanted to fight on for 2016, the longer he stays in the better he does. he is just not a ronald reagan figure. he is not on the cutting edge of change. i think at the end of this season we'll find that he continues to hurt the republicans and it's go
in ronald reagan went all the way to kansas city against ford, and ronald reagan ran again in 1980 and he was the conservative champion. he is partially right, but santorum and the people around the country have a right in may for kentucky, arkansas, or west virginia, there are still people in the process that still want to vote. we're not sure we are for romney, gingrich, or san tomorrow, and we have the right to vote. >> if santorum is successful, how does he go out after pennsylvania...
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reagan best put it when he said years ago when he was a democrat did you know that ronald reagan was a democrat? he was. as ronald reagan put it he didn't leave the democratic party. the democratic party left him. but let me assure you the republican party in 1980 when i was elected to the senate was a vastly different republican party than it was in the 20 first century. when the stimulus vote came up, i was convinced that if we did not have an infusion of funding that we would be heading for in 1930 style depression and a few months earlier when george w. bush was the president, he came up with a $700 billion package to assess the banking industry and the automotive industry. $700 billion was a twin brother to what president obama came up with a few months later with $870 billion stimulus package. house of representatives voted down the bush program and the stock market dropped 700 points at the end of september of 2008. the republican caucus and the senate was organized and vice president cheney came to talk to us. that wild ride liberal, kennedy said a few don't pass this package
reagan best put it when he said years ago when he was a democrat did you know that ronald reagan was a democrat? he was. as ronald reagan put it he didn't leave the democratic party. the democratic party left him. but let me assure you the republican party in 1980 when i was elected to the senate was a vastly different republican party than it was in the 20 first century. when the stimulus vote came up, i was convinced that if we did not have an infusion of funding that we would be heading for...
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many people have noted that he is not ronald reagan, not bill clinton, not a great retail campaigner. he can be awkward, he can be off-putting. we see almost every week he says something that feels a little bit of key. in his defense, that is not what he is selling himself as. he is coming in as the guy to knows how to get things done, has the courage to impose difficult solutions. on one hand, it is an issue, and voters want to be able to connect with him and like him, and he needs that to happen to win to a degree. but it is also not his principal pitch and i don't think it ever has been or will it ever be. "new: we see in the ne york times" de constructing ann romney's speech, at everything on her marriage to appealing to women, talking about her own roots, and trying to pay more of a picture of her husband on the public side. scott helman is our guest, and if you would like to join the conversation, here are the numbers to call. let's get right to the phones. gloria is a republican. what city are you in? caller: darien, georgia, the home of paula deen. host: great, go ahead. onler
many people have noted that he is not ronald reagan, not bill clinton, not a great retail campaigner. he can be awkward, he can be off-putting. we see almost every week he says something that feels a little bit of key. in his defense, that is not what he is selling himself as. he is coming in as the guy to knows how to get things done, has the courage to impose difficult solutions. on one hand, it is an issue, and voters want to be able to connect with him and like him, and he needs that to...
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chris, real substantive political leaders in america, presidents, like fdr in the 30s or ronald reagan in the 80s, tend to remake their parties in their own images around their own core beliefs. mitt romney doesn't appear to have a core that you can build anything around. so, as a result, the party remakes him in its image. the party, the republican party right now is dominated by this, you call them a fringe but it is a larger chung than that. these kind of tea party folks. you have to adopt their delusional world view, which includes things like obama is a muslim candidate who hates america and is all about destroying the country. you have to blow the dog whistle constantly to reassure those people that you buy into that and that is what romney is doing. we have seen what horrible trouble it has gotten him into with egypt and libya now. >> well, the dismantling, terrifying thing to watch is the way a lot of moderate white people, republicans and democrats sit there and say they don't hear the whistle. i noticed republicans talking about obama, portraying the president siding with the
chris, real substantive political leaders in america, presidents, like fdr in the 30s or ronald reagan in the 80s, tend to remake their parties in their own images around their own core beliefs. mitt romney doesn't appear to have a core that you can build anything around. so, as a result, the party remakes him in its image. the party, the republican party right now is dominated by this, you call them a fringe but it is a larger chung than that. these kind of tea party folks. you have to adopt...
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ronald reagan and in his last two years when we came out of carter recession, created 7 million jobs. now maybe the fact that this administration doesn't know that four is significantly smaller than seven explains a great deal of the problems we're having. ronald reagan in his full eight years created 16 million jobs. 16 is a hell of bigger number than four million jobs. so stephanie cutter lies and the obama administration can't count well, i would have k you if that is the longest answer for a question that i never asked. >> you're right lou. i apologize. lou: no. the fact of the matter is as us you're enlightening at the same time entertaining in a way if i may say. let's turn to -- >> all showbiz, lou. lou: i understand. let's turn to these polls. we're starting to see some closure. the nbc "wall street journal", obama 48-romney 46. that is improvement from july. "abc news/washington post poll" 50% of the senior citizens 65 years old and older, shock of shock, actually like paul ryan. and, that is also a significant improvement. and it suggests that this is not going to be quite a
ronald reagan and in his last two years when we came out of carter recession, created 7 million jobs. now maybe the fact that this administration doesn't know that four is significantly smaller than seven explains a great deal of the problems we're having. ronald reagan in his full eight years created 16 million jobs. 16 is a hell of bigger number than four million jobs. so stephanie cutter lies and the obama administration can't count well, i would have k you if that is the longest answer for...
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where is ronald reagan. do you remember he was an actor you fools. you put statues you revere ronald reagan, the actor who acted with a monkey and who by the way gave amnesty. karl rove will run this asinine ad showing obama in a cool light. [ [ ♪ rock ♪ ] ♪ i'm ♪ so in love with you ♪ [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right. so that was pretty cool. depressing couple of shots for two seconds. the rest of it, i want to hang out with that guy and if he's taking me to a party with kim kardashian, that's awesome. both sides have celebrities. so obama had sarah jessica parker. george clooney, will smith robber deniro, chris rock, on romney's side you have donald trump, jeff foxworthy ted nugent and jean gene simmons. maybe his celebrities are more clownish. president obama has had to do a ton of fundraising. he did 164 fundraisers. and that even crushes bush's record in that same time frame. and i think liberal reagan did three with the rnc. that shows you how much the times have changed. let's bring everybody back in here. dorothy lucey michael m
where is ronald reagan. do you remember he was an actor you fools. you put statues you revere ronald reagan, the actor who acted with a monkey and who by the way gave amnesty. karl rove will run this asinine ad showing obama in a cool light. [ [ ♪ rock ♪ ] ♪ i'm ♪ so in love with you ♪ [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right. so that was pretty cool. depressing couple of shots for two seconds. the rest of it, i want to hang out with that guy and if he's taking me to a party with...
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you talked about the establishment that fought ronald reagan and continues to fight the grassroots tea party movement today have adopted the tactics of the left using the media for the politics of personal destruction. it's gotten pretty vicious now between newt and governor romney in particular. what are you trying to say here? >> it's gotten vicious. i'm not whining about the viciousness. i don't think anybody should. what i will call people out on is when they choose to lie about a candidate. what we have seen in the politics of personal discussion have been based on lies told about individual candidates. whether it is an attack that their if i have in ads or candidate accusing another candidate. they need to be called out. that is why some of these people feel disenchanted with our political process today. we feel disenfranchised by the way it should be with good people wanting to run for office based on fairness. it's not a bad thing to ask for fairness, it means telling the truth and debating relevant ideas and relevant solutions. not all this personal stuff. >> sean: what specif
you talked about the establishment that fought ronald reagan and continues to fight the grassroots tea party movement today have adopted the tactics of the left using the media for the politics of personal destruction. it's gotten pretty vicious now between newt and governor romney in particular. what are you trying to say here? >> it's gotten vicious. i'm not whining about the viciousness. i don't think anybody should. what i will call people out on is when they choose to lie about a...
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let's listen. >> we'll call another state for ronald reagan. it's a big one. it's his home state of california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. we fill in that big chunk of the map with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westward leaving only oregon and washington. >> it looks like an urban swimming pool over there. >> why did democrats get stuck with blue? blue is a pretty good color. i wouldn't want it to be the red state if you were a democrat. >> that could have been one reason why it changed. the electoral map was created at nbc in 1976 by john chancellor. they wanted to do something to liven up the coverage and make it more visual and not just about the numbers. when they picked the colors, they wanted it to go by the colors of the british parties. they went red for the democrats make i making it sim k up. when the other networks basically imitated the maps, they changed it. so you were seeing an inconsistency across the networks. it was finally ma
let's listen. >> we'll call another state for ronald reagan. it's a big one. it's his home state of california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. we fill in that big chunk of the map with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westward leaving only oregon and washington. >> it looks like an urban swimming pool over there. >> why did democrats get stuck with blue? blue is a...
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last year, the trend was comparing himself to ronald reagan, the gall! the audacity. and i think that that first tape was very useful, to see him moaning and groaning about how hard change is and he said he would never be a perfect president. well, that, i agree with him -- on that. however, i recall during the entire campaign, obama and his surigates, promising the moon, unicorns and rainbow, world peace, racial harmony. do you remember -- >> sean: the oceans. >> do you remember one of his big promoters -- >> sean: heal the planet. >> of course. all the rank-and-file... supporters of barack obama believes that they were going to get their gas paid for and their mortgages and have a college education. [chuckles] >> and, look, yes, change is hard. but you know what is going to be harder? turning back all of this radical, progressive transformative wrecking ball that we have been all suffering under the last 3 years am. >> sean: let me ask you in terms of the narrative. you knew andrew breitbart well. you see what the left is writing about him and saying about him. you
last year, the trend was comparing himself to ronald reagan, the gall! the audacity. and i think that that first tape was very useful, to see him moaning and groaning about how hard change is and he said he would never be a perfect president. well, that, i agree with him -- on that. however, i recall during the entire campaign, obama and his surigates, promising the moon, unicorns and rainbow, world peace, racial harmony. do you remember -- >> sean: the oceans. >> do you remember...
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ronald reagan did it as a president. barack obama did it wonderfully connecting his personal story through his biography. that's something mitt romney doesn't yet have. i think if he doesn't get it, he doesn't become president. >> very well said. i think that's been the whole rub here. you've got to get the american people to the point they like you enough to forgive you for some of the crazy things about your policies that they can't like or may not be able to stomach but they like you. that's been shown time and time again with president obama. whether it's health care -- look 2010 wholesale rejection of the president's health care plan. that's all i ran on. the direction we were pushing rnc, pushing our candidates, about you want to control, get this government back, start by firing pelosi. we set the narrati that's what we drove. it was all about the health care policies pushed through congress that forced us down to a situation where the government is going to be mandating health care. that was the bottom line narra
ronald reagan did it as a president. barack obama did it wonderfully connecting his personal story through his biography. that's something mitt romney doesn't yet have. i think if he doesn't get it, he doesn't become president. >> very well said. i think that's been the whole rub here. you've got to get the american people to the point they like you enough to forgive you for some of the crazy things about your policies that they can't like or may not be able to stomach but they like you....
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>> i think he might, he might take cues in a since of knowing how ronald reagan approached the debate to maintain a friendly disposition to be alert to the questions, and respond appropriately. and also to be very polite, and to be the gentlemen he always was. neil: ed, i am wondering, as a former attorney general, now, a lot of legal questions raised about the benghazi blow up, what the administration knew, many are demanding to see cables from ambassador stephens that they think shows he was concerned about his safety, that it could blow up, and legally it should be investigated, and warrant the hiring of a special prosecutor. do you think it blows up to be that big of an issue, and do you think it will come up in this debate. >> it may come up, i think that the administration is in a very tough position, they have two answers, which were not good, one is they were incompetent the other, they were lying. neil: true to your word, keeping it straight and simple like your old boss. if it takes away from this administration. you heard from time again from vice president that osama bin l
>> i think he might, he might take cues in a since of knowing how ronald reagan approached the debate to maintain a friendly disposition to be alert to the questions, and respond appropriately. and also to be very polite, and to be the gentlemen he always was. neil: ed, i am wondering, as a former attorney general, now, a lot of legal questions raised about the benghazi blow up, what the administration knew, many are demanding to see cables from ambassador stephens that they think shows...